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  • Gazumi@lemmy.worldtoUnpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldUSA is cursed!
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    1 year ago

    The total number of blocked firearms sales in the US taken in isolation is irrelevant. The absolute firearms ownership is about 31% in some EU countries, less in others. Yet the total and proportional number of shootings and mass shootings is so completely different. Here we see that it’s which proportion of the population that owns a gun. Just check, compare and contrast the actual requirements to purchase a gun within the UK or the EU with those in the US. You really don’t have to work very hard to find the comparisons. The issue to hand would be that if similar requirements were applied in the US, the number of people declined a firearm would likely double, but also, those in lawful possession would need to give up their firearms. The definition, the checks undertaken and the ongoing assessme for responsible gun ownership is different in the UK and the EU.



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    1 year ago

    As a UK resident with US relatives, it seems the same way to me too. If we look at gun ownership, the experiment of allowing such easy access has seemingly failed continuously. The rest of the world has clear evidence of the direct relationship between easy gun access of excess deaths and massacres. Sadly when it comes to funding bullies in other countries, the UK is on a par with the US.








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